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The Epic Road Trip – Chapter 5, Cahokia Mounds

In homeschooling/unschooling, vacations on 3 October 2010 with Comments Off

After having a wonderful breakfast on Thursday morning with our cousin Alyce and her family in Kansas City, we headed out on our way across the very flat state of Missouri. Around lunch time we pulled off at a rest stop along the highway, and managed to enjoy our meal despite the oppressive humidity. I [...]

The Epic Road Trip – Chapter 4, Going to Kansas City

In family, vacations on 10 September 2010 with 1 comment

Albert King, Kansas City Now, following Bascom isn’t easy – but my cousin Alyce topped off the third day of our road trip in true Kansas City Style. Even though we arrived (very) late, and her husband had to talk me out of an “I’m lost in a strange city” panic attack on our way [...]

The Epic Road Trip – Chapter 3, Kansas Excitement

In blogs I read, friends, vacations on 24 August 2010 with 4 comments

Our third day on the road started out hot and humid. I filled up the tank & thermos and headed off to Kansas, perhaps a little too fast. glass phone line insulators I was pulled over somewhere between La Junta and the Colorado/Kansas state line, for going 11 miles over the speed limit at like [...]

The Epic Road Trip – Chapter 2, Why I didn’t go to Royal Gorge

In charity, girl scouts, homeless, vacations on 17 August 2010 with 1 comment

Our journey continued on Tuesday with an early morning wake-up and continental breakfast. We lost an hour crossing over into Mountain Time, but I wasn’t too groggy yet. I started my collection of travel shampoos and soaps to make into hygiene kits* once we returned home. We started off again on Highway 50 East, and [...]